Four members of the racist and antisemitic “Rise Above Movement” were taken into custody today and face federal charges of traveling to Charlottesville with the intent of rioting at the “Unite the Right” rally in 2017. splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018… Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos

The Rise Above Movement (RAM) is an SPLC designated white nationalist hate group. It is comprised of hardcore white supremacists inspired by Iidentitarian aesthetics and the European circuit of racist, neo-Nazi MMA promotions, clothing brands and football hooliganism.

RAM members run their own clothing company, Right Brand Wear, and the group maintains active connections to Europe. Many core members in RAM, including some of those arrested today, have criminal records for violence.

This includes one of the group’s most visible members, Robert Rundo, who nearly killed someone in 2009. Some of the group’s members + close associates are also members of the Hammerskin Nation.

Like so many others who have been deported or are detained & awaiting deportation, Manuel Duran would be in grave danger if her were deported from the US. splcenter.org/news/2018/12/1…

Law students volunteered with us to help defend our clients. "Immigration prisons exact an enormous emotional toll, & they make it nearly impossible for prisoners to find legal representation for their asylum cases," one wrote. splcenter.org/attention-on-d…

Peter Brown is a US citizen who was mistakenly detained by ICE after local sheriffs arrested him. We're suing. npr.org/2018/12/18/677…

In January, 17 Florida counties signed Basic Ordering Agreements, which compensate local sheriffs for their collaboration with ICE. Our lawsuit is the first to challenge a Florida sheriff for unlawfully detaining people at ICE’s request as part of a BOA. splcenter.org/news/2018/12/0…

Peter Brown was released from detention but as a result of the ordeal he lost his job and was unemployed. He also lives with the fear that he’ll be sent away from his family and friends. splcenter.org/seeking-justic…

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Tomorrow, Virginians decide whether to vote Corey Stewart into the US Senate.

Tomorrow marks 451 days since 8/12/17, the weekend when violent neo-Nazis came to beat & murder people on the streets outside my home.

How is Corey Stewart responsible?

Let me count the ways.

(1/55)

Most of the world is familiar with the scenes of tiki torches, swastikas, and mob beatings from the weekend when white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Klansmen & genocidal bigots of every stripe all teamed up.

Six months earlier, an unlikely friendship began between an irrelevant blogger looking for exposure and an underdog candidate trying to make a name for himself. Over months of joint events, Corey Stewart and Jason Kessler cultivated a mutually beneficial alliance. (3/55)

LOS ANGELES – Four Southern California men who allegedly are members of a white supremacy extremist group have been named in a federal criminal complaint that charges them of travelling to political rallies across California,

where they violently attacked counter-protesters, journalists and a police officer.

Three of the four defendants are now in custody, and authorities are continuing to search for the fourth defendant.

Four Local Members of White Supremacy Group Face Federal Charges in Attacks at Political Rallies across California
members of the Southern California-based “Rise Above Movement” (RAM) and that they used the internet...

“with the intent to organize, promote, encourage, participate in, or carry on riots.”
The three men taken into custody are:
Robert Rundo, 28, of Huntington Beach, allegedly a founding member of RAM and the man behind RAM’s Twitter account, who made his first court appearance

on Monday, and at a hearing this morning in United States District Court was ordered detained pending trial;

Robert Boman, 25, of Torrance, who was arrested this morning by special agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is expected to appear in federal court this...

(1) A photo of Daniel Kleve, of Lincoln, Nebraska, participating in an unprovoked attack at the “Unite the Right” rally held in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12, 2017 appears on page 19 of the federal Criminal Complaint released today by the FBI...

(2) for the arrest of four members of the white supremacist group “Rise Above Movement” on felony charges for the alleged (but well documented) violent acts they committed at the deadly gathering that day. Although Kleve was not arrested, he can be seen in the photo joining...

(3) Michael Paul Miselis (on right), who is now facing up to 10 years in federal prison on charges of violating the Riots Act and conspiracy. There is ample evidence that Kleve also allegedly participated in interstate organizing, fundraising, and travel to the rally, and he...

In light of the arrests of several members of the Rise Above Movement (RAM) in relation to the events at Unite the Right in Charlottesville, few points need to be made, as we watch the State go after a small Alt-Right group over a year after the events in Cville.

First and foremost, the strategy and tactics used by police on A12 was informed by 'intelligence' gathered through DHS and Fusion Centers, that was clear: antifascists are the biggest threat to public safety and civil order. shadowproof.com/2018/03/07/doc…

Documents released from West Coast Fusion Centers, which in theory would have monitored the actions of RAM members, especially at Berkeley events, had the same conclusion, even directly stating that "ANTIFA" was "greatest threat to public safety." itsgoingdown.org/manufacturing-…